laboured.
Expressive of strenuous effort.
Meaning & usage
Expressive of strenuous effort.
At the end of the marathon, her laboured breathing told us she was exhausted.
Of writing or speech or similar, stilted or not natural due to too much effort being used in the production.
simple past and past participle of labour
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.